After dealing with the matter of the Right Protector, Pei Zhi suggested that she wanted to see the ancient tree.
Previously in the demon realm, Pei Zhi had even made a date with Sikong Ren under the ancient tree.
Upon seeing the ancient tree again, Pei Zhi frowned.
The ancient tree has no leaves left.
A tree, its leaves begin to turn yellow, until they fall.
This also symbolizes that Sikong Ren doesn't have much time left.
Otherwise, it would be meaningless for Sikong Ren to offer sacrifices to the ancient tree after it dies.
"Is this the next Demon Lord?"
Pei Zhi looked in surprise at the center of the ancient tree, where there was an egg.
The egg was surrounded by a glowing light, which Pei Zhi could sense as Sikong Ren's cultivation level.
At this moment, Pei Zhi truly believed what Sikong Ren had said.
Even though Sikong Ren absorbed the power of the ancient tree, he still used his own cultivation to nourish the egg, preventing it from stopping its growth.
Pei Zhi touched the egg with her hand, and the egg, surrounded by fluorescence, swayed. Pei Zhi smiled for no reason.
Sikong Ren walked over, puzzled: "What's so funny about this?"
It's just an egg; I don't know what could possibly make Pei Zhi so happy.
Pei Zhi held Sikong Ren's hand and asked with a smile, "Do you think the thing that hatches from this egg will call us 'father' and 'mother'?"
Sikong Ren raised an eyebrow slightly. "You want a child?"
Pei Zhi was puzzled as to why Sikong Ren had brought up the topic of children. "Huh?"
"I probably won't be able to keep the child."
Pei Zhi was even more surprised: "Huh?"
Then Pei Zhi realized that Sikong Ren really didn't need to keep the child; the ancient tree had given birth to it.
"It's great, becoming a mother without pain."
Pei Zhi thought that if this technology were brought to the present world, it would be snapped up like crazy.
However, Pei Zhi was still very curious.
“You…” Pei Zhi’s gaze lingered on Sikong Ren’s lower body, “Why can’t you have children?”
Sikong Ren's functions are perfectly normal, absolutely normal.
Sikong Ren gently pinched Pei Zhi's chin, "Where are you looking?"
Pei Zhi retorted defiantly, "What, can't you stand to look?"
"Of course you can. You can not only look at it, but also touch it and use it."
Pei Zhi quickly covered Sikong Ren's mouth, "What are you doing?"
"What are you afraid of? There's no one else but us." Sikong Ren found Pei Zhi's guilty conscience amusing.
Pei Zhi looked back at the ancient tree, and then at the egg that the ancient tree was nurturing.
Pei Zhi said awkwardly, "It's better not to say anything reckless."
Sikong Ren stopped joking with Pei Zhi. "I am a demon. The more noble a demon's status is, the more difficult it is to leave behind descendants."
"And I am Yinglong, and I was born from an ancient tree, so no matter how we sleep, we will not have children."
Fearing that Pei Zhi might not understand, Sikong Ren continued to explain, "Whether human or demon, everyone has selfish desires. Once I have offspring, I will inevitably want to leave everything good to him."
Pei Zhi understood. To put it simply, if you have the throne, you definitely want your own child to inherit it. You wouldn't want to adopt a child from outside to inherit the throne, would you?
In order for the demon realm to continue to prosper, no demon lord will dare to harm the ancient tree.
Of course, Sikong Ren was an exception.
Even after enduring so much, Sikong Ren still planned to sacrifice himself to the ancient tree in the end.
The cultivation world always speaks negatively of the demon world, believing that demons cultivate human bodies and are full of cunning schemes.
Even if it's because the demon realm is powerful and has a formidable enemy, the demonic realm, that they have to maintain a superficial peace with the demon realm.
However, cultivators in the cultivation world have always believed that demons are all treacherous and cunning.
But Pei Zhi discovered that Sikong Ren was the best person she had ever met in this world.
"Sikong Ren, how come you don't have even a little bit of ambition to unify the world?"
Pei Zhi feigned worry, "If I were you, I would absorb all the power of the ancient tree, smash this egg, overturn my inevitable death, and then trample the cultivation world under my feet. Wouldn't that be cool?"
Pei Zhi admitted that if she were in this situation, she would definitely not accept the fate arranged by the ancient tree.
Why should her fate be determined by a tree?
The ancient tree said she would die whenever she wanted.
Before he died, he still used his cultivation to nurture the next Demon Lord.
Sikong Ren countered, "If I did that, would you like me any more?"
Pei Zhi shook her head without even thinking, "No."
She would even try to stop Sikong Ren, because if Sikong Ren did that, her mission would completely fall apart.
"Then why should I do that?"
Pei Zhi frowned. "But if you can survive like this, you don't need to care about me so much."
"From birth, I was the Demon Lord of the Demon Realm. On the day I was born, the previous Demon Lord passed away."
Sikong Ren began to recall: "So, before I was even familiar with this world, I had to accept the vast demon realm."
"I have exhausted all my efforts, fearing that because of me, I will bring calamity to the demon realm, and that the demon realm will think that it was not worth it for the previous demon lord to die because of something like me."
From the day he was born, Sikong Ren lived with a burden on his shoulders.
Or rather, he was burdened with a destiny from the day he was born.
Even after knowing that Pei Zhi was a spy, Sikong Ren still wanted to keep her until Pei Zhi appeared.
Pei Zhi is not a demon from the demon realm, and Sikong Ren thinks Pei Zhi is very interesting.
Who knew he would get so deeply involved?
But Sikong Ren did not regret it; otherwise, his life would have been too dull.
"When do you plan to release Elder Liu and the others?"
"I will release them after I die."
Sikong Ren, fearing that Pei Zhi wouldn't understand, explained it to her.
"They know I'm targeting the ancient tree, and they all want to die in front of it, to be buried with it."
Sikong Ren had no choice but to lock these people up.
Pei Zhi knew there was a reason for Sikong Renguan and the others, but she didn't expect it to be this.
The ancient tree that reaches the heavens is recognized as a supreme treasure by all demons in the demon realm.
Unable to persuade Sikong Ren, and unable to bear watching the ancient tree wither and die, they decided to sacrifice themselves in the process.
"As long as you have a plan, that's fine." Pei Zhi had nothing to say about Sikong Ren's arrangements.
Even if he's released now, these old fogies don't believe Sikong Ren will cause any more trouble.
"Hmm..." Sikong Ren groaned.
Pei Zhi sensed something was wrong and noticed that the demonic markings on Sikong Ren's face had appeared.
Moreover, demonic patterns appeared on Sikong Ren's hands.
Pei Zhi grabbed Sikong Ren's arm and asked worriedly, "Are you alright?"
"I'm going into seclusion for a few days, so don't come looking for me."
Pei Zhi was far from reassured: "What do you mean? How can you go into seclusion in your current condition?"
With a wave of his hand, Sikong Ren vanished into thin air. Pei Zhi looked around, "Sikong Ren!"
Pei Zhi was unaware of Sikong Ren's situation and, unable to find Sikong Ren, hurriedly went to find the Left Protector.
"His Majesty fears that losing his mind will harm the innocent, so he has locked himself up."
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